We live in an era of digital transformation, and digital HR has become the new normal. Take it from HR visionary Josh Bersin: “Today we want HR technology … Read more
Sometimes, Opinion Is Better Than Data
One common mistake of HR analytics professionals is to overplay the idea that only objective data has value. To balance the scales, here are some … Read more
Is Collecting the Data Taking Too Long? Here’s Help
While many aspirational HR leaders look to mature their strategies to include a variety of workforce and talent analytics, the majority of HR teams remain … Read more
The More You Use Data, the Better the Business Performs
Since joining Visier, I’ve been thinking a lot about the value of workforce analytics. I came to this organization because in my prior life as a … Read more
Improve Your Hiring Quality With These 3 Measures
One of the most valuable performance metrics for recruitment is the quality of each hire made. However, most talent leaders believe they aren’t measuring … Read more
What HR Will Be Dealing With In 2017
The end of 2016 is near, and for some of us, thank goodness! While we count down the seconds until the crystal ball drops, we can plan for the trends about … Read more
An Emerging Trend For HR’s Data: Analytics-as-a-Service
The current trend is for companies to build in-house departments staffed with data scientists to do advanced analytics. However, this is probably only an … Read more
Measuring the Value of Both Types of Diversity
In 1979, a Korn Ferry International survey of Fortune 1000 firms found that females and African-Americans comprised less than 0.5% and 0.2% respectively of … Read more
Here’s What HR Must Do to Have the Business Impact CEOs Want
Editor’s Note: It’s an annual tradition for TLNT to count down the most popular posts of the previous 12 months. We’re reposting each of the top 25 … Read more
Is Anyone Using That Dashboard You Created?
In this era of people analytics, many HR leaders feel they ought to be producing dashboards. The problem is that they don’t know why — and that is one heck … Read more
Would You Believe Spending $10,221 Per FTE On HR?
SHRM Released its Human Capital Benchmark Report recently and it’s loaded with a ton of metrics to compare your HR and TA operations against. The survey … Read more
Why Your Metrics Get Ignored By Managers
One of the interesting lessons from evidence-based medicine is how intensely many doctors hated making decisions based on the best available clinical … Read more
The HR Bots Are Coming! Will You Be Ready?
The robot revolution has arrived. With major companies Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo all launching some version of a chatbot or virtual assistant … Read more
Don’t Start Crunching Numbers Until You Know What Numbers to Crunch
I was helping a manager with the company’s analytics; the problem was framed as “falling engagement in front-line staff.” Now that is a good start … Read more
How Business Intelligence Will Transform HR
TMA’s 2016 Human Capital Analytics Summit made it clear to me that despite the enormous financial benefit of an engaged workforce, the practice of … Read more
3 Ways to Use Your Workforce Data to Improve Safety
Editor’s note: It would be a mistake to believe accidents and work-related illnesses are mostly a blue-collar concern. Data shows that workers in … Read more
Building A Positive Culture In An Atmosphere of Fear
Recognize This! – A strategy that includes evidence-based business cases and ground-up moments of positivity can help shift companies away from leaders who … Read more
Smallest Job Growth in 5 Years May Pause Fed Rate Hike Plans
Employment numbers from the Department of Labor this morning are a shocker. Far from the 155,000 new jobs economists expected were created in May, the … Read more
How to Use Analytics When You’re Not Google
Google has done a great job in setting an example of using analytics and evidence to make HR decisions (see Work Rules! by Laszlo Bock and the Rework … Read more